diff --git a/backend/src/ipfs/services/ipfs.service.ts b/backend/src/ipfs/services/ipfs.service.ts
index 30054ab2..3bf86bea 100644
--- a/backend/src/ipfs/services/ipfs.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ipfs/services/ipfs.service.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ export class IpfsService {
     const formData = new FormData();
     formData.append('file', blob, file.originalname);
 
-    const apiLink = this.configService.getOrThrow('IPFS_SERVICE_URL') + '/ipfs';
+    const apiLink =
+      this.configService.getOrThrow('IPFS_SERVICE_URL') + '/ipfs/file';
     const requestConfig = {
       headers: {
         'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data',
diff --git a/ipfs-service/src/app.controller.ts b/ipfs-service/src/app.controller.ts
index 666c95c9..18471ad5 100644
--- a/ipfs-service/src/app.controller.ts
+++ b/ipfs-service/src/app.controller.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ export class AppController {
   }
 
   @UseInterceptors(FileInterceptor('file'))
-  @Post()
-  async addDoc(@UploadedFile() file: Express.Multer.File): Promise<IpfsDto> {
-    return await this.appService.addDoc(file);
+  @Post('file')
+  async addFile(@UploadedFile() file: Express.Multer.File): Promise<IpfsDto> {
+    return await this.appService.addFile(file);
   }
 
   @Post('json')
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class AppController {
 
   @Get(':cid')
   async getDoc(@Param('cid') cid: string): Promise<IpfsDto> {
-    const doc = await this.appService.getDoc(cid);
+    const doc = await this.appService.getDocByCid(cid);
     if (!doc) {
       throw new NotFoundException(`Document with cid: ${cid} not found`);
     }
diff --git a/ipfs-service/src/app.service.ts b/ipfs-service/src/app.service.ts
index 9c2bec45..d566e24b 100644
--- a/ipfs-service/src/app.service.ts
+++ b/ipfs-service/src/app.service.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export class AppService implements OnModuleInit {
     this.logger.log(`IPNS PeerID: ${this.ipnsPeerId}`);
   }
 
-  async addDoc(file: Express.Multer.File): Promise<IpfsDto> {
+  async addFile(file: Express.Multer.File): Promise<IpfsDto> {
     try {
       this.fs = unixfs(this.helia);
       const fileBuffer = Buffer.from(file.buffer);
@@ -197,19 +197,6 @@ export class AppService implements OnModuleInit {
     }
   }
 
-  async getDoc(cidString: string): Promise<IpfsDto> {
-    this.fs = unixfs(this.helia);
-    const decoder = new TextDecoder();
-    const cid = CID.parse(cidString);
-    let text = '';
-    for await (const chunk of this.fs.cat(cid)) {
-      text += decoder.decode(chunk, {
-        stream: true,
-      });
-    }
-    return IpfsMapper.ipfsToIpfsDto(cidString, text);
-  }
-
   async addJson(json: string): Promise<IpfsDto> {
     try {
       this.fs = unixfs(this.helia);
@@ -233,6 +220,25 @@ export class AppService implements OnModuleInit {
     }
   }
 
+  async getDocByCid(cidString: string): Promise<IpfsDto> {
+    try {
+    this.fs = unixfs(this.helia);
+    const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+    const cid = CID.parse(cidString);
+
+    let text = '';
+    for await (const chunk of this.fs.cat(cid)) {
+      text += decoder.decode(chunk, {
+        stream: true,
+      });
+    }
+    return IpfsMapper.ipfsToIpfsDto(cidString, text);
+  } catch (error) {
+    this.logger.error(`Failed to get doc by CID - ${cidString} error: ${error}`);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
   async provideCidtoDHTViaQueue(cid: CID) {
     await this.helia.libp2p.contentRouting.provide(cid);
     this.logger.log(`Announced CID to the DHT: ${cid.toString()}`);